Several people died in the Friedberger Klinik after they apparently became infected with Corona.
The relatives level serious allegations against the hospital.
Several people died in a clinic near Augsburg * after apparently contracting the corona virus * there.
Relatives are now making serious allegations.
The clinic reacts.
Friedberg - Apparently three people died after being infected with the corona virus * in the Friedberg hospital near Augsburg *.
Relatives told
Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
.
Several cases are now under investigation and the hospital is tightening regulations.
Mother dies of Corona: "I have the feeling that something is wrong"
“I have the feeling that something is wrong.
Something was screwed up, ”said an Augsburg resident to the
BR
about the death of his mother.
The 80-year-old had come to the Friedberg hospital at the beginning of January - with heart problems, as it turned out later.
The rapid corona test * in the emergency room was negative, and the doctors are postponing the woman's medication.
As the
BR
reports, she recovered quickly and was released on January 19 - four days later she was dead.
"The first two nights after being released were okay," her son explained.
But then suddenly her condition worsened.
The Augsburg resident reported to the
BR
of shortness of breath and a "bloody, slimy sputum".
He then took his mother back to the emergency room, this time the corona test * was positive.
The morning after, the Augsburger's mother was dead. “She was probably infected in the hospital,” the son continued in an interview.
For at least a few days, his mother was housed with another woman in a twin room.
The son criticizes that no one drew his attention to the fact that there were Corona * cases in the clinic.
Corona cases in Friedberger Klinik: infected people infect roommates - they die
As the
BR
reports, the first patient in the clinic was probably infected with Corona * by December 21 at the latest.
An old man was put in a room with a severely coughing patient after an infection, as his daughter
reports to
the
BR
.
The coughing man was only later tested for Corona *.
Result: positive.
He infected his roommate, who eventually died.
His daughter has now filed a complaint, which the public prosecutor in Augsburg is investigating, as it is said.
In the meantime, a third person in the Friedberg hospital has been infected with Corona * and has died, as research by the
BR should
show.
This had previously been admitted to the hospital after a domestic accident.
Days later, according to the report, the clinic informed the family that the man in the hospital had contact with a corona infected person.
This is what his son says to the
BR.
This man has since died as a result of his Covid infection.
Corona deaths in Friedberger Klinik: is there a fourth case?
There may be another case: A user from Friedberg wrote on Facebook that his father had been in the hospital there for several weeks.
He had been tested negative several times, in January a test was positive - the man died, as the
BR
writes.
“He was seriously ill and would certainly not have left the hospital in perfect health, we have no illusions about that.
If, however, a seriously ill patient is additionally infected with Corona in a supposedly safe environment, relatives ask a few questions. ”The Facebook user complains about an“ irresponsible information policy ”on the part of those responsible.
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After corona deaths near Augsburg - clinic managing director shocked: "It affects me very much"
"That makes me very upset," quotes the
BR
Hubert Mayer.
He is the manager of the clinics at the Paar, which also includes the Friedberg Hospital.
In the interview, he emphasizes how difficult it is to rule out corona cases.
“You can have two negative PCR tests.
And then the third test is still positive, "he said." There is no such thing as 100 percent certainty. "
However, he cannot and should not say anything about individual cases.
Together with the health department of the Aichach-Friedberg district, however, investigations are now being carried out to determine how the deaths came about.
The question is also whether there were any errors between mid-December and the end of January.
Corona outbreak in a Bavarian clinic: serial testing of all employees ordered
As is now known, there was a massive corona outbreak in the clinic during this period.
Two stations are now under quarantine, as the
BR
further reports.
The head of the health department in the district, Kirsten Höper, explains that several cases are being investigated in which patients may have been infected with corona in the hospital.
According to the report, further deaths cannot be ruled out.
The hospital has now arranged a series of tests for around 500 employees.
As the health department reports, all tests are negative.
The precautionary measures would be tightened further.
All employees would now have to do a quick test before starting work.
Corona deaths in Friedberger Klinik: Relatives sharply criticize the clinic
However, the relatives, whose father was merged with the coughing patient
, sharply criticized
the
BR
about the
hospital's handling of the known Corona case: “On December 21st.
the coughing roommate of my now deceased father tested positive.
On December 23
I phoned an employee of the Aichach-Friedberg health department.
Nobody there knew anything about the case.
The health department then called the clinic.
Only then did the clinic transmit all contacts relating to the corona case to the health department.
This is what an employee of the health department told me.
That was two days after my father's roommate tested positive. "
The head of the health department explains that doctors must immediately report corona cases to the clinic.
Therefore, from their point of view, it is "unlikely" that the relatives' descriptions are correct.
When reporting the contacts, however, there could be delays, as she admits.
Mother dies of Corona in a Bavarian hospital: Son reports a macabre call
In the case of the Augsburg resident who lost his mother, information does not seem to have been passed on, as the
BR
reports.
Three days after her death, the health department called the man: "You wanted to speak to my mother, who had been dead for three days."
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